Comment on Flesh-eating infections: Scores per year

A foundation devoted to education about and treatment of flesh-eating bacteria cites government figures estimating 500 to 1,500 cases occur in the United States each year. But media coverage of these cases is rare, so the story of a Georgia grad student fighting the disease may help raise awareness, the foundation's co-founder says.

As officials warn of flesh-eating bacteria, local advocates monitor water testsFive cases of flesh-eating bacteria infections have been found this year in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, prompting local organizations to test waters frequently and warn people of the dangers of water pollution. "We're certainly monitoring for ...08/7/2014 - 9:00 pm | View Link

Cheverus student’s death caused by flesh-eating bacterial infection after dental procedureAn 18-year-old Cheverus High School student who died in February just days after undergoing oral surgery contracted a rare flesh-eating bacteria ... typically found in the throat and on the skin. Infections from group A strep are usually easily treated ...06/18/2014 - 9:00 pm | View Link

Rare seawater 'flesh-eating' bacteria kills 35 a yearin 1998 to check for infectious bacteria. (Photo: RIK JESSE Associated Press) The death last week of a Florida man from an uncommon flesh-eating bacterium was the ... find their way in and cause aggressive infections. The infections are frequently ...10/2/2013 - 7:26 pm | View Link

'Flesh-eating bacteria' kills one in Louisiana; three others also affectedOne person has died and three others have become ill after contracting the so-called 'flesh-eating' bacteria the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana ... skin lesions,' according to the CDC. Bloodstream infections by the bacteria are fatal about 50 per cent ...07/7/2013 - 10:37 am | View Link